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The Search for Nancy Hanks: A Historical Wild Goose Chase, Mitochondrial DNA, and the Maternal Ancestry of Nancy Hanks Lincoln

by: Hileman, Richard

Publication date: 2017-10-22

Topics: Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Lincoln at the Library Series, Allen County Public Library, Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, -- 1784-1818.

Digitizing sponsor: Friends of the Allen County Public Library

Richard Hileman is one of the author/researchers of The Nancy Hanks Lincoln mtDNA Study. Abraham Lincoln was conspicuously silent about the family of his mother, Nancy Hanks. From 1900 into the 1950s, her ancestry was the subject of intense interest and was hotly contested. Hileman investigates new historical evidence revealing the surprising truth Lincoln concealed about his mother's family and ancestry.

Contact Information: Curt B. Witcher, Genealogy Center Manager, Senior Manager for Special Collections Mailing Address: The Genealogy Center Allen County Public Library P. O. Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801 Telephone: 260-421-1225 Fax: 260-421-1386 Email: Genealogy@ACPL.Info